Man, woman found fatally shot in Merrillville apartment

MERRILLVILLE — A man and woman were found shot to death Wednesday inside a northwest Indiana apartment in what authorities described as an apparent double homicide.

Police discovered the victims in a third-floor apartment in the 5800 block of Grant Street in Merrillville Wednesday morning, according to a spokesman for the Lake County coroner's office.

Michelle Covington, 47, and Vincent Currie, 44, each had at least one gunshot wound, the spokesman said. Covington lived in the home, while Currie's last known address was in the 1000 block of Van Buren Street in Gary.